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North County Water & PipesA homeowner's handbook

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Index

Summary. An alphabetical index of the subjects in this handbook; each entry lists the numbered sections and headings where the subject is covered, most useful first.

Index · revised October 29, 2026 · checked against district reports, code and agency pages

Numbers point to sections and to the numbered headings inside them, so 3.2.2 is the second heading of section 3.2. For a definition rather than a discussion, try the glossary; to browse by chapter, use the contents. New to the area? Begin at Start here Chapter 1.

A

Avocado trees 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.4, 5.3.5, 5.3.6

B

Backflow prevention assembly 1.1.3, 1.2.6, 3.3.2, 5.1.1, 7.3.5 glossary
Ball valve 4.4.5 glossary

C

California Plumbing Code 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.3, 6.3.1, 6.4.2
Carbon filters 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.6
Catalytic carbon 2.4.3 glossary
Chloramine 2.3.6, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.6 glossary
Citrus trees 5.3.2, 5.3.4, 5.3.6
CSLB 4.3.3, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.6, 6.4.2 glossary

D

Defensible space 7.2.1 glossary
Desalinated water 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.6
Double check assembly 5.1.2, 5.1.5, 7.3.5 glossary
Drip irrigation 5.2.3

E

Earthquakes 6.3.1
Eastern Municipal Water District 2.2.1 glossary
Escondido, City of 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.3, 6.4.2, 7.1.2
Expansion tank 1.1.2, 3.1.2, 3.3.1, 3.3.3, 6.2.4 glossary

F

Fallbrook PUD 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 4.1.3, 6.1.1, 7.2.4
Faucet aerators 4.2.4, 4.2.6
Fire sprinkler lines 5.1.2
Flow indicator 1.2.2, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.3.2, 5.2.5 glossary
Flushing a water heater 6.1.1, 6.1.2

G

Gas leaks 6.2.5, 6.3.5, 6.4.4
Grains per gallon 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.6, 6.1.1 glossary

H

Hardness 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.6, 2.3.2, 6.1.1 glossary
Hillside lots 3.4.5, 3.4.6, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, 5.2.6
Hose bib 3.1.1, 3.1.2 glossary
House valve 1.2.3, 4.1.3, 4.3.2, 4.4.1, 4.4.2 glossary

L

Leak adjustments 4.3.5
Licensed plumbers 3.1.5, 3.2.5, 3.3.5, 3.3.6, 3.4.5

N

Nitrate 2.4.6, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4

P

Permits 4.3.5, 4.5.2, 4.5.5, 6.4.2, 6.4.6
Pressure reducing valve 3.2.1, 3.2.4, 3.4.3, 4.4.2 glossary
Private wells 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.5, 7.3.6
Psi 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.2.2, 3.4.3 glossary

R

Rainbow Water 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 3.1.4, 3.2.4, 7.2.4
Rebates 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.6, 7.1.3
Reduced pressure assembly 5.1.5 glossary

S

Scale 1.1.5, 2.1.5, 4.2.4, 6.1.1, 6.1.6 glossary
SDG&E 6.2.1, 6.2.5, 6.3.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.4
Sediment 6.1.1, 6.1.6
Seismic strap 1.2.5, 6.3.5, 6.4.4 glossary
Septic systems 2.3.4, 2.3.6, 6.1.5, 7.3.1
Slab leak 4.3.1, 4.3.6 glossary
Sodium 2.2.4, 2.3.3, 2.3.6, 2.4.5, 6.1.5
State Water Board 5.1.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.3, 7.3.3
Static pressure 1.1.2, 3.1.3 glossary

T

Temperature and pressure relief valve 1.2.5, 3.1.4, 3.3.3, 3.3.6, 6.2.2 glossary
Thermal expansion 3.3.1, 3.4.3, 6.2.4 glossary
Toilet flappers 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.4, 4.2.6
Turf replacement 5.4.1, 5.4.4, 5.4.6

U

USGS hardness classes 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.5, 4.2.4, 6.1.1

V

Valley Center MWD 1.1.1, 4.3.2, 5.1.4, 5.2.2, 5.4.1
Vista Irrigation District 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 2.4.1, 5.1.2, 7.1.2

W

Water heater temperature 6.2.1, 6.2.6
Water meter 2.2.5, 3.2.3, 4.1.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.2
Water quality report 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.4, 2.3.3, 4.2.3 glossary
Water softener 2.3.2, 2.3.4, 2.3.6, 2.4.4, 6.1.5 glossary
Watering rules 1.1.6, 5.4.4, 7.1.6
Weather-based irrigation controller 5.2.4, 5.4.5 glossary
Wildfire 3.4.4, 7.2.1

Z

Zone 0 7.2.1, 7.2.4 glossary